"Carl Reindel Carl Warren Reindel (January 20, 1935 - September 4, 2009) was an American actor, known for portraying Lieutenant Kenneth M. Taylor in the epic war film ""Tora! Tora! Tora!"". Reindel also played ""Stanton"" in Steve McQueen's hit film ""Bullitt"" (1968) and ""Lt. Comroe"" in classic science fiction film ""The Andromeda Strain"" (1971). Reindel also made several appearances on popular TV series. In 1964 he appeared on ""Perry Mason"" as defendant and title character Barry Davis in ""The Case of the Drifting Dropout,"" and in 1966 he played golf caddy and murderer Danny Bright in ""The Case of the"
"Paul Genge Paul Morgan Genge (29 March 1913 Brooklyn, New York – 13 May 1988 Los Angeles, California) was an actor from the 1950s through to the late 1970s. Genge is most famous for his role as the shotgun toting gray-haired mob hitman 'Mike' in the 1968 film ""Bullitt"" (his character is the passenger in the black 1968 Dodge Charger during the famous car chase that goes out of control and causes his death and the driver's). Other film roles include that of a payoff man in ""The Outfit"" (1973), a California Highway Patrol officer in 1967's ""Hot Rods to"
"which he stars opposite Candice Bergen and Richard Attenborough (with whom he had previously worked in ""The Great Escape""). He followed his Oscar nomination with 1968's ""Bullitt"", one of his best-known films, which co-starred Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn, and Don Gordon. It featured an unprecedented (and endlessly imitated) auto chase through San Francisco. Although McQueen did do the driving that appeared in closeup, this was about 10% of what is seen in the film's car chase. The rest of the driving by McQueen's character was done by stunt drivers Bud Ekins and Loren Janes. The antagonist's black was driven by"
"chase in the 1968 police thriller ""Bullitt"", in which the police detective played by Steve McQueen, driving a green Ford Mustang GT 390, chases hit men in a 1968 Dodge Charger 440 R/T (automatic transmission) through the streets of San Francisco. McQueen is shown double clutching on most shifts. Double clutching may not have actually happened that many times. Many racing enthusiasts consider double clutching a synchronized transmission a waste of time. However the chase footage, as edited, makes it appear so. Apart from acting, McQueen was also an avid race car and motorcycle enthusiast. Double clutch (technique) Double clutching"
"Released by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts on October 17, 1968, the film was a critical and box-office smash, later winning the Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Frank P. Keller) and receiving a nomination for Best Sound. Writers Trustman and Kleiner won a 1969 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. ""Bullitt"" is also notable for its car chase scene through the streets of San Francisco, which is regarded as one of the most influential in movie history. In 2007, ""Bullitt"" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library"
"""Bullitt"" (1968). The cars performed to Loftin's satisfaction, although dust came to be a problem. None of the engines were blown. Loftin remembers that parts were taken out of one car to repair another because they ""really ruined a couple of those cars"" while jumping ramps between highways and over creeks. Newman remembers that the 440 engines in the cars were so powerful that ""it was almost as if there was too much power for the body. You'd put it in first and it would almost rear back!"" The Challengers appear in the film with Colorado plates OA-5599. Principal photography"
"truck driven by Paul Drake, are killed when their car loses control and rolls down the cliff, somewhat similar to the chase scene in ""Bullitt"". Paul Genge Paul Morgan Genge (29 March 1913 Brooklyn, New York – 13 May 1988 Los Angeles, California) was an actor from the 1950s through to the late 1970s. Genge is most famous for his role as the shotgun toting gray-haired mob hitman 'Mike' in the 1968 film ""Bullitt"" (his character is the passenger in the black 1968 Dodge Charger during the famous car chase that goes out of control and causes his death and"
"the live band playing in the background is Meridian West, a jazz quartet that McQueen had seen performing at the famous Sausalito restaurant, The Trident. ""Bullitt"" garnered both critical acclaim and box office success. Produced on a $5.5 million budget, the film grossed over $42.3 million in the US, making it the 5th highest-grossing film of 1968. ""Bullitt"" was well received by critics and is considered by some to be one of the best films of 1968. At the time, Renata Adler made the film a ""New York Times"" Critics' Pick, calling it a ""terrific movie, just right for Steve"
"Stephen Elliott (actor) Elliott Pershing Stitzel (November 27, 1918 – May 21, 2005), better known by his stage name Stephen Elliott, was an American actor. His best known roles were that of the prospective father-in-law, Burt Johnson, in the hit 1981 film ""Arthur"" and as Chief Hubbard in the 1984 blockbuster ""Beverly Hills Cop"". From 1940 to 1942, Elliott studied acting with Sanford Meisner at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse. After serving in World War II with the United States Merchant Marine, he started a successful career on Broadway with his debut in Shakespeare's ""The Tempest""; two years later, Elliott was"
"died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, at age 77. Felice Orlandi Felice Orlandi (18 September 1925 – 21 May 2003) was an Italian-born American actor, known for roles in films such as ""The Pusher"" (1960), ""Bullitt"" (1968), ""Catch-22"" (1970) and ""The Driver"" (1978). He also appeared in numerous TV series during the 1960s-1980s, including ""Gunsmoke"", ""Mannix"", ""Hogan's Heroes"", ""Hawaii Five-O"" and ""Hill Street Blues"". A native of Avezzano in Italy, he was raised in Cleveland, and earned a theater arts degree at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon). He made his Broadway debut in 1954 in ""The Girl on the"
"The Baltimore Bullet The Baltimore Bullet is a 1980 film based on the adventures of two pool hustlers in the United States. It was directed by Robert Ellis Miller and starred James Coburn, Bruce Boxleitner and Omar Sharif. ""The Baltimore Bullet"" screenplay was written by film and stage dancer John Brascia, from a story by Brascia and Robert Vincent O'Neill. Brascia also produced the film. Various real-life notable professional players made cameo appearances, including Lou Butera, Willie Mosconi, Steve Mizerak, Mike Sigel and Jimmy Mataya. Many of ""The Baltimore Bullet""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s plot elements were lifted for the 1986 hit film ""The"
"Burt Reynolds Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, director and producer. He first rose to prominence starring in television series such as ""Gunsmoke"" (1962–1965), ""Hawk"" (1966), and ""Dan August"" (1970–1971). His breakout film role was as Lewis Medlock in ""Deliverance"" (1972). Reynolds played the leading role in a number of subsequent box office hits, such as ""The Longest Yard"" (1974), ""Smokey and the Bandit"" (1977), ""Semi-Tough"" (1977), ""Hooper"" (1978), ""Smokey and the Bandit II"" (1980), ""The Cannonball Run"" (1981) and ""The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"" (1982). After a number of"
"""Robbery"" (1967), a fictionalised version of the Great Train Robbery of 1963 starring Stanley Baker and produced by Deeley. ""Robbery"" was a critical success in the US and led to an offer to direct ""Bullitt"" (1968), of which Bruce Weber has written, ""Mr. Yates’s reputation probably rests most securely on “Bullitt” (1968), his first American film – and indeed, on one particular scene, an extended car chase that instantly became a classic."" Yates later said, ""In Hollywood back then, everyone knew a British director couldn't do action, so I think the studio had another motive in letting me come over."
"Monaco has written, ""The most compelling street footage of 1968, however, appeared in an entirely contrived sequence, with nary a hint of documentary feel about it -- the car chase through the streets of San Francisco in ""Bullitt"", created from footage shot over nearly five weeks. Billy Fraker, the cinematographer for the film, attributed the success of the chase sequence primarily to the work of the editor, Frank P. Keller. At the time, Keller was credited with cutting the piece in such a superb manner that he made the city of San Francisco a ""character"" in the film."" In 1957,"
"Charlie Bubbles Charlie Bubbles is a 1968 British comedy-drama film starring Billie Whitelaw and Albert Finney, and also featuring Liza Minnelli. It was screened at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival on the 11th, just before the festival was called off due to the events of May 1968 in France. The film made great play of its Manchester setting, contrasting the return of its eponymous lead character, played by Finney, to his home city after achieving success as a writer in London. During his return, he visits his former wife, played by Whitelaw, in Derbyshire, and watches a Manchester United match"
"Terry Scully Terry Scully (13 May 1932 – 17 April 2001) was a British theatre and television actor. After making his name in the theatre, from the 1960s onwards he became more known for TV work. In 1960 he starred in the BBC's production of ""An Age of Kings"", playing King Henry VI in several episodes. Other notable roles for Scully were as Horatio Nelson in the 1968 television series, ""Triton"", and as Bicket in the BBC's 1967 blockbuster adaptation of ""The Forsyte Saga"". He also appeared in ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Softly, Softly"", ""Callan"", ""Public Eye"", ""The Venturers"","
"an uncredited stunt driver role in the seminal 1966 auto racing film, ""Grand Prix"". Loftin served as the uncredited stunt coordinator for the 1968 film ""Bullitt"", which included one of the most influential car chase scenes in film history. He was also one of the stuntmen driving a Ford Mustang during the chase scene filmed on the streets of San Francisco. While working on ""Bullitt"", one of his fellow stuntmen called him ""the greatest car man in the business"". Loftin was also involved in the filming of the car chase scene in the 1971 film ""The French Connection"", which is"
"Philip D'Antoni Philip D'Antoni (February 19, 1929 – April 15, 2018), was a film producer and film director, known for the films ""Bullitt"" (1968), ""The French Connection"" (1971), and ""The Seven-Ups"" (1973). D'Antoni won the Academy Award in 1972 for Best Picture, for ""The French Connection."" He also won the Golden Globe award for Best Motion Picture Drama for ""The French Connection."" D'antoni began his career on television with the production of the specials ""Sophia Loren in Rome"", ""Elizabeth Taylor in London"" and ""Melina Mercouri in Greece"". He produced ""Bullitt"" in 1968. In 1973 he produced and directed ""The Seven-Ups""."
"Bullies Bullies is a 1986 Canadian action-drama film about a feud between two families in a small town in a similar vein to the story of ""Romeo and Juliet"". The film was directed by Paul Lynch, and stars Jonathan Crombie, Janet-Laine Green, Stephen Hunter, and Olivia d'Abo. The peaceful Morris family moves to a small town and buy the town grocery store, only to run into the Cullens, a family that's been bullying the townspeople for years, and they begin to torment the Morrises every chance they get. Matt Morris (Jonathan Crombie) begins seeing a girl named Becky (Olivia d'Abo),"
"Mustang GT Fastback reached iconic status after it was featured in the 1968 film ""Bullitt"", starring Steve McQueen. In the film, McQueen drove a modified 1968 Mustang GT 2+2 Fastback chasing a Dodge Charger through the streets of San Francisco. The 1969 model year restyle ""added more heft to the body"" with body length extended by (the wheelbase remaining at 108 inches), width increased by almost half an inch, and the Mustang's ""weight went up markedly too."" 1969 was the first model to use quad headlamps placed both inside and outside the grille opening. The corralled grille pony was replaced"
"Bullet (1996 film) Bullet is a 1996 American crime film directed by Julien Temple and starring Mickey Rourke, Tupac Shakur, Donnie Wahlberg, Adrien Brody, Ted Levine, and John Enos III. The screenplay was written by Bruce Rubenstein and Rourke, under a pseudonym. The film was released a month after Shakur's murder. Mickey Rourke was also the music supervisor of the film. It had limited distribution in theaters in the United States. It was shot in New York City with a significant portion done in Brooklyn. Butch ""Bullet"" Stein (Mickey Rourke) is a 35-year-old Jewish ex-convict and junkie, who is released"
"Bullets or Ballots Bullets or Ballots is a 1936 gangster film starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, and Humphrey Bogart. Robinson plays a police detective who infiltrates a crime gang. This is the first of several films featuring both Robinson and Bogart. Robinson's character, ""Johnny Blake"", was based on Johnny Broderick, a noted New York City detective. Detective Johnny Blake (Edward G. Robinson) is a New York City cop who has made his reputation by cracking down on racketeers. When Blake gets kicked off the force, a powerful crime boss named Al Kruger (Barton MacLane) hires him in"
"Boom! (film) Boom! is a 1968 British drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Noël Coward, directed by Joseph Losey, and adapted from the play ""The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore"" by Tennessee Williams. Flora 'Sissy' Goforth (Taylor, in a part written for an older woman) is a terminally ill woman living with a coterie of servants in a large mansion on a secluded island. Into her life comes a mysterious man, Christopher Flanders, nicknamed ""Angelo Del Morte"" (played by then-husband Burton, in a part intended for a very young man). The mysterious man may or may not"
"Felice Orlandi Felice Orlandi (18 September 1925 – 21 May 2003) was an Italian-born American actor, known for roles in films such as ""The Pusher"" (1960), ""Bullitt"" (1968), ""Catch-22"" (1970) and ""The Driver"" (1978). He also appeared in numerous TV series during the 1960s-1980s, including ""Gunsmoke"", ""Mannix"", ""Hogan's Heroes"", ""Hawaii Five-O"" and ""Hill Street Blues"". A native of Avezzano in Italy, he was raised in Cleveland, and earned a theater arts degree at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon). He made his Broadway debut in 1954 in ""The Girl on the Via Flaminia"". He was married to actress Alice Ghostley. He"
"body was cremated at the Gold Coast Crematory in Florida. Burt Reynolds Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, director and producer. He first rose to prominence starring in television series such as ""Gunsmoke"" (1962–1965), ""Hawk"" (1966), and ""Dan August"" (1970–1971). His breakout film role was as Lewis Medlock in ""Deliverance"" (1972). Reynolds played the leading role in a number of subsequent box office hits, such as ""The Longest Yard"" (1974), ""Smokey and the Bandit"" (1977), ""Semi-Tough"" (1977), ""Hooper"" (1978), ""Smokey and the Bandit II"" (1980), ""The Cannonball Run"" (1981) and ""The"
"Victor Buono Victor Charles Buono (February 3, 1938January 1, 1982) was an American actor, comic, and briefly a recording artist. He was known for playing the villain King Tut on the television series ""Batman"" (1966–1968) and musician Edwin Flagg in ""What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"" (1962), the latter of which earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. He was a busy actor from his late teens until his death at age 43 and, with his large size and sonorous voice, he made a career of playing men much older than he was. Buono was born in San"
"Martin Ritt Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director and actor who worked in both film and theater. He was born in New York City. Some of the movies he directed include ""The Long, Hot Summer"" (1958), ""The Black Orchid"" (1958), ""Paris Blues"" (1961), ""Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"" (1962), ""Hud"" (1963), ""The Outrage"" (1964), ""The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"" (1965), ""Hombre"" (1967), ""The Great White Hope"" (1970), ""Sounder"" (1972), ""Conrack"" (1974), ""Norma Rae"" (1979), ""Cross Creek"" (1983), ""Murphy's Romance"" (1985), ""Nuts"" (1987) and ""Stanley & Iris"" (1990). Ritt was"
"Counterpoint (1968 film) Counterpoint (also known as The Battle Horns or The General) is a 1968 epic war film starring Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays and Leslie Nielsen. It is based on the novel ""The General"" by Alan Sillitoe. In the United States the film was released as a double feature with ""Sergeant Ryker"" a 1963 television film starring Lee Marvin. Lionel Evans is the director of a well-respected symphony orchestra touring European concert halls around 1944 in World War II. In the midst of one concert, the city where they are playing is attacked by German troops, and"
"parts throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he mostly paid his bills with his stuntman work. He sustained a couple of significant injuries during this time, including breaking several ribs in a bad trick-fall in the film ""How to Stuff a Wild Bikini"" (1965). However, it was the landmark car chase alongside Steve McQueen in the now classic 1968 film ""Bullitt"" for which he is usually remembered. Hickman was to do all his own driving; portraying one of two hit men, he drove an all black 1968 Dodge Charger 440 Magnum R/T through the streets of San Francisco, using the hills"
"San Sebastián International Film Festival Award for Best Actor and a BAFTA award nomination for his performance, and it was well received by the critics. Stanley Kubrick asked Sellers to play the role of Clare Quilty in the 1962 film ""Lolita"", opposite James Mason and Shelley Winters. Kubrick had seen Sellers in ""The Battle of the Sexes"" and listened to the album ""The Best of Sellers"", and was impressed by the range of characters he could portray. Sellers was apprehensive about accepting the role, doubting his ability to successfully portray the part of a flamboyant American television playwright who was"
"A Bullet for the General A Bullet for the General (Original title: ""El Chucho Quién Sabe?"") is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Damiano Damiani starring Gian Maria Volontè, Lou Castel, Klaus Kinski and Martine Beswick. The film tells the story of El Chuncho, a bandit, and Bill Tate (or El Niňo), who is a counter-revolutionary in Mexico. Chuncho soon learns that social revolution is more important than mere money. During the Mexican Revolution, a Durango-bound government munitions train is forced to stop due to the presence of a crucified army officer on the tracks. El Chuncho Muños,"
"Kentucky (film) Kentucky is a 1938 Technicolor film with Loretta Young, Richard Greene, and Walter Brennan. It was directed by David Butler. It is a Romeo and Juliet story of lovers Jack and Sally, set amidst Kentucky horseracing, in which a family feud goes back to the Civil War and is kept alive by Sally's Uncle Peter. During the Civil War, Thad Goodwin, Sr., (Charles Waldron) of Elmtree Farm, a local horse breeder resists Capt. John Dillon (Douglass Dumbrille) and a company of Union soldiers confiscating his prize horses. He is killed by Dillon and his youngest son Peter (Bobs"
"that of his family back in America. Vinnie realizes at last that he has been played like a puppet all along against his well-meaning brother, who in order to protect him lays down his own life, handing Vinnie their father's shotgun with which to shoot him. The Brotherhood (1968 film) The Brotherhood is a 1968 Technicolor crime drama film, directed by Martin Ritt. It stars Kirk Douglas, Irene Papas, Alex Cord, and Luther Adler. The script was by Lewis John Carlino. Released by Paramount Pictures, the film bombed at the box office, with Paramount deciding not to produce another gangster"